The Diva Network Writes About Ask Patty's Expert Women

We might know everything
about fashion, the latest beauty trends, the juiciest gossip about our
favourite celebrities, but how many woman out there know more than just
the basics about their car? I certainly don't.

My car averages
one breakdown a year, and that's not counting the other times it goes
temperamental on me - whirring noises, stalling, air condition
problems..... Unless this calls for putting oil in my car, or check air
in the tires, I am absolutely clueless. I am left with - WHY ME GOD? Or
even WHY TODAY GOD? I ask for divine intervention, which, of course,
doesn't happen too often and I end up getting stuck with a mechanic
that sums me up with WOMAN = NO CLUE = OVERCHARGE.

I am most
likely not the only who feel the gender bias going on here. The
solution I have come up with is to be more informed with what's going
on between the engine and pipes of my car. However, the thought of
trading my designers for a jumpsuit and taking an automotive course
just doesn't appeal to my senses too much.

Recently I had
another dilemma with an old sports car I had sitting in my garage. A
mechanic offered to buy it for what I thought was a really cheap price
(thanks to another mechanic that persuaded me a couple years ago to
install a refurbished engine, install new seats and get the body work
done) and I thought I could get a better price. I searched around the
internet but I found too much white noise - information that is
inconsequential, or even conflicting with each other. So, I went
directly to AskPatty.com
and asked the women experts. The email I received for my question did
confirm that the mechanic was offering me lower than what I could
possibly get, and guess what? I was able to sell the car to the same
mechanic for a little bit more.\